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“The poor fish were the real victims,” tank owner says after fire

February 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Beginnings of concern for fish suffering emerge even in the desert ST. GEORGE, Utah;  BERLIN, Germany––Josh Wilson of Scenic,  Arizona,  owner of Polaris Can-Am & Honda World in Mesquite,  Nevada,  a longtime sponsor of off-road races,  likely will never be mistaken for a bleeding heart animal rights activist. Yet it can be said that Wilson […]

Filed Under: Belgium, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Top, Fish, France, Germany, Italy, Marine life, Mediterranean, Switzerland, Wildlife Tagged With: AgroBiothers, AquaDom, Josh Wilson, Matthieu Lambeaux, Merritt Clifton

98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds

February 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Weak Tennessee cockfighting penalties boost the price of eggs             MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee––Ninety-eight alleged cockfighters were cited and approximately 250 gamecocks were seized by the Union County Sheriff’s Office near Maynardville,  Tennessee on January 28,  2023. Yet none of the ninety-eight suspects went to jail.  All were released after paying $50 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Humane Farming Association, Jim Keen, Maynardville, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Union County, Wayne Pacelle

Veguary re-introduces Afro-Americans to plant-based eating

February 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

“Prominent throughout the African Diaspora for centuries” BALTIMORE, Maryland––Afro-Vegan Society founder Brenda Sanders on February 1,  2023 commenced the organization’s third annual Veguary campaign,  “providing culturally relevant content on plant-based eating during Black History Month. “Throughout the month of February,”  Sanders explained,  “the Afro-Vegan Society will host free programming that includes daily social media content,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Afro-Vegan Society, Aunt Jemima, Brenda Sanders, Dick Gregory, George Washington Carver, Pinky Cole, Slutty Vegan, Tabitha Bonita Brown, Tracye McQuirter

Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context

January 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Took up animal advocacy in mid-career as author & publisher Roberta Kalechofsky,  90,  author,  animal advocate,  educator,  historian,  and publisher,   died on April 5,  2022 in hospice care in Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  near her longtime home in Marblehead,  Massachusetts. ANIMALS 24-7,  unfortunately,  only learned of her death on January 26,  2023,  necessitating this late obituary. Valued […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Judaism, Lab animals, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Recipes, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Charles Patterson, Jews for Animal Rights, Merritt Clifton, Micah Press, Richard H. Schwartz, Robert Kalechofsky

Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.

January 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers             DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24,  2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26,  2023 examining the bloated,  eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims,  and […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sea otters, Seals, The Americas, U.S., USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Becca Jaffe, Beth Clifton, Dines Point, Merritt Clifton, Pacific Balance Marine Management, Pacific Balance Pinniped Society

More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild

January 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Predation,  parasitism,  fraud and outright theft are enormous problems in the animal protection industry that even a 90-day wormer cannot fix. ANIMALS 24-7 in George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers,  and in a wealth of previous exposés,  has unfortunately barely rippled the scum […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, George Santos, Ingrid Newkirk, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

Nellie Saiom Shriver, 80, introduced Alex Hershaft to vegan activism

January 22, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Eccentric midwife to the animal rights movement AKRON,  Ohio––Nellie Saiom Shriver,  among the most dynamic early orchestrators of the late 20th century animal rights movement,  died on January 12,  2023 at the Copley Nursing Health Care Center in Copley,  Ohio. “I don’t know how much time I have,”  Nellie Shriver,  Saiom to friends,  emailed to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: David Sickles, Dudley Giehl, Freya Dinshah, Jay Dinshah, Lynn Manheim, Merritt Clifton, Sai Baba

For Josh & Sarah Bowmar,  it’s the fire next time they appear in court

January 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Fined but no jail time in poaching-related plea bargain,  truck-burning & cabin-burning cases still ahead OMAHA,  Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar on January 12,  2023 escaped jail time for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act,  which prohibits transportation of illegally obtained wildlife and wildlife parts across state […]

Filed Under: Bears, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Josh Bowmar, Lacey Act, Lindsay Thomas, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Bowmar, Will Brantley

Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for animal advocates

January 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  with response from ANIMALS 24-7 For me,  more than 31 years after founding Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  following extensive frustration in trying to work with national animal advocacy organizations that lacked––and still lack––a work ethic,  the biggest lesson Martin Luther King Jr. taught and exemplified is,  never stop fighting . This,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Conservatism, the religious right, & the evolution of anti-vivisectionism

January 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

The right & left hands of anti-vivisectionism have rarely known what each other were doing Included in the recent ANIMALS 24-7 article What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. was a mention that during King’s lifetime,  1929-1968,  “Anti-vivisection activism had become co-opted by the radical right and was seemingly intertwined […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Caroline Earle White, Charles Darwin, Christine Stevens, Cleveland Amory, Louis Pasteur, Rene Descartes

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